The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 29, 1943, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire . Service and AP. Features ’ For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key eat Citizen Key West, Florida, bes the most equabie climate ie the range of only 14° Fahren? <= IN T HE U.S.A. VOLUME LXIV. No, 154 da MK Producers In Proposed Order, Would elves - Increase «In. Prices Of Products: Would Pos-' “silly Bi Six'-Or Seven) (Washington Correspondent ' of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., June order granting increases | for the next few days since it} must follow the usual procedure | of being checked by the bureau's then given a thorough investi- Gation by the Office of War In-! ‘The reported plan to grant the'4 ee, 00k in milk. prices followed | alveek's hearings here between Florida milk board representa- | tives, the state's congressional, delegation, and OPA officials. | i { i Floridians contended that the corn shortage crisis, increased’ feed transportation difficulties | and other feed problems pecdlar |” to the state would force milk| Producers to halt’ operations un-| less they were able to obtain a) higher price, Earlier Representative Lex) Green .personally.warned Ad-' ministrator, Brown ‘that unless the inarease. was granied he. would introduce a bill in the: house to eliminate all powers’ held by the OPA to control pric- es given producers of food, | “I may not be able the passage of the pill” he ad- (Continued on Page Four) | to gain! INDEPENDENCE DAY OBSERVANCE net even on that first, fateful Fourth of July, has the DAY been so filled with hopes and fears for all of us; those who have a loved one “Over There,’ those who face the heavy tasks ahead, those whojlook ith longing for the days of Peace Never before, to come, | ing secret military ealigiaaaeiuaiiana RUSSIAN ‘PLANES * - DRIVE NAZIS AWAY IN QUICK ORDER |cicansic: umbretis:: yet. through |TePorted, that reached to (By Associated Prena) - MOSCOW, June 29.—Ger- are reaching the city, ciars Russian communique Russian fighter planes ipsa anti-aircraft guns along the outskirts of the city are beating back the German flyers as fast as wave after wave of them sweeps toward Leningrad. _Three minor attacks were made bv the Russians ‘in the Ukraine, Radio Berlin said, adding that all of TMI IS SSSI aS AI) TO GERMAN SPY ARRESTED IRVIN DUESPRETCH TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN NEW YORK By Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 29,—E, E. ;Connolly, an FBI agent. said ioday that Irvin H. Duespretch, a German. had been arrested as an aid to Ernest Frederick La- | metz, who was taken into cus- |tody Monday on a charge of giv- information /to the enemy. Duesprecht, whose home also is ‘on Staten Island,, is ‘said to’ have supplied Lametz with’ technical ‘information, about ‘war’ imple- ments produced in this country, for transmission to Germany. The information was sent to that coun- | try written in invisible ink. Duesprecht is a graduate of the | University of Hiedelburg. He took ,out his first citizenship papers in i this country in 1923 but made no further effort to become a citi- zen. ererrrrryr rrr rs '\ *THEREF! OREPthe Chamber of Commerce invites its members and! neighbors to join it'on MONDAY, July 5, (or at least:for the forenoon of that day), wherever it may not hinder the War Effort, and to re- joice with us in the Freeddms so dearly bought by our forefathers and to consecrate themselves with us to the securing of yet greater freedoms for those who shall come after us. The KEY WEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CLEM C. PRICE, President. STEPHEN C. SINGLETON, Manager. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1943 Two Thousand Tons Of Bombs _ | Dropped On Cologne, Germany, Important Industrial Center (By Associated Prens) LONDON, June 29.—Two | thousand tons of bombs were! dropped last night on Cologne. Germany's important industrial | center, and while the extent of; the damage could not ‘be de- termined because of © clouds,‘ | which hung over ‘the city like a: occasional rifts, smoke and flame were seen streaming into the sky. been laid waste in Cologne, and, last night’s raid is believed to have added creatly to the devas- tation, The British Air Minis- try also reported a raid on Ham- burg. ‘Eat on a far smaller scale { Six hundred acres had before i i | one on Cologne.. in} both raids 25 bombers were | i j lost, , that the i Meanwhile, four-engined Amer- ican bombers attacked Leghorn, He Italy, 400 miles northwest’ of !Rome, where nests of oil refin- | ery tanks were struck, sending! tp flames and smoke, the pilots’ a ‘height of several thousand feet.| Plants, where war material was! produced, also were hit by the | | bombers. American flyers, in daylight ‘raids today, blew to pieces the} U-boat bases in St. Nazaire in ‘France. Not a single one of the concrete canopies, which pro-j{ ;Vide shelters for the underséa | marauders, was left standing. ;An airdrome, near Paris, was; ‘also struck and left in flames, | jand the runway was filled with: !bomb craters. i iticen "iousand | Dollars On Way To Key West From Miami To Buy Emepenty Certificates: ceeaae eee, POLICEMAN O’SWEENEY | KEPT BUSY LAST NIGHT : BY ROBBER, PROWLER Policeman yn Adrian O'Sween- ey was called to Lieutenant Hinton’s residence, 215 White- head street, et 11 o'clock last night, where it was reported that a ‘negro had broken into the house and stolen a hand- bag containing $11, a navy pass and five ration books. A child saw the negro and screamed, but before he left he grabbed the handbag. A search of the neighborhood was made, but no trace of him was found. Upen his returning to the Police station, Patrolman O’Sweeney was called out on another case. He was told by @ woman that a man was seen prowling about in her yard, but he had d\sappeared by the time the policeman reached the address, III ISIS IIS 7. MANY PRISONERS WORK NEW. YORK.—War contracts affecting more than 160,000 pris-; on inmates in 100 state prisons; are being filled. Take Bexel Vitamins Daily : Potent, trustworthy, made bya famous laboratory. 40's 98F 100: $1.98 SOUTHERNMOST -CITY PHARMACY, Inc. si | demption may be made by owners re ‘Miami called up County. ok ‘Ress C. Sawyer on the Lead phone this morning and informed | ‘him that $15.000. was being mail- | €d to him to redeem certificates | on, delinquent properties in oa | roe county. “I don’t know exactly | many applications have been! | filed.” Mr. Sawyer said, “but L, | do know that three persons alone, j have arranged to purchase cer- I | tificates for 458 parcels.” | Comptroller J. M. Lee has ad- | vised Mr. Sawyer that all appli- |eations received by July 7 must tbe accepted, though it probably | | will be several days after that date | i before they can be‘\ssued. He is} | devoting his time in his office al-! ‘most exclusively to issuing certifi- | | cates in the order they are filed,: } but they continue to pour in on} jaim | i He requested that one nrovision;} |of the Story published in yester- j day's Citizen, be clarified, and. that pertains to the purchase of certificates after July 7. While| ithey can not be redeemed 2fter that date, they may be bought,' | Provided the buyer shows that de- jlicquent city taxes are paid on} jthem, assuming they are in the! city’s corporate limits, and held | until such time, the date of which! will be learned later, when re-} i lof parcels in question. If certifi- cates are purchased by persons; \other than owners, then title must | be obtained through foreclosure roceedings under the old law, ‘PALACE THEATER |32 CONSTANCE BENNETT in “MADAME SPY” © | SERIAL Fresh Shipment of NORRIS’ Exqisi Fresh CANDY FRANK JOHNSON Y, AXIS SAY INVASION COASTS — And Italy Are In State Of Terror Over Coming Land Offensives SEs aaa aias STILLWELL AND CHINESE LEADERS HAVE CONFERENCE (By Associate? ~vens? CHUNGKING. June 23.— General Stillwell today heid a@ conference with Chinese military leaders. and while no report of the subject discussed was made vublic. it was pre- sumed that he explained to them in detail the decisions that were reached in Wash ington and London regariirs the time and the way that Je pan will be bombed from the eir It was reported that offen sives in China will be stepped up against Japenese armies in this country. Reports from Burma said that preparations are being perfected for the offensives thet will be launch ed in that country against the Japs just as soon as the rainy sezson ends. From Indie imformation was received from Viceroy Wavel that the country is fully Pprerared fcr its defense leach oc -she o LATE BULLETINS ===> (Ry Aeeortates Peemm ANOTHER KAID ON DARWIN DARWIN.—The Jens mode | PRINCIPAL cities in one potential European invasion the- their fifty-sixth raid. or attempt ‘ater.are shown on this relief map of the northwestern part ed reid. on. this city today. of the Ca ""\CANDIDO YRADI DIES SUDDENLY FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON Candido Yradi, 66, died sud- 'denly this morning at 2:30 o'clock jat his residence, 1110 Watson street. The funeral will be held Thurs- iday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock jfrom. the chapel of the Pritch-. ard Funeral Home. Father J. J. Murphy, of St. | Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic Church, will officiate. Survivors are the. wife, toria Yradi; two sons, Ralph and; ‘Claud. Yradi, and four grand- children. DAVE KNOWLES GOING! TO OFFICERS SCHOOL, Cadet Dave G. Ko G. Knowles, who has been in Key West the past; five weeks awaiting orders after{ ‘ completing Reserve Officers Train- ing at the University of Florida,’ will leave tomorrow to report at | Camp Blanding and then procee: to Ft. Belvoir, Va. At Ft. Belvoir he will begin hi at the Officers Candidate | of Engineers. Cadet Knowles is the son of Geo I: Knowles, Sr., foe Mrs. Arthui H. 'Shéba | hectic = ee , NOC Scbscrthets to: The Citizen) on are requested to call 51 be- tween the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock, if the paper has not! been delivered by that time, | and delivery will be made. | ~_IRA F. ALBURY, FOURTH SON JOINS UNITED STATES NAVY The enlistment of Henry Soldano in the United States Naval Reserve last week added another star to the elready resplendent er- tay of constellations that appear in the window of Mr. and Mrs. Baldassare Sol- dano’s home at 705 Windsor Lane. Henry is their fourth son to joitt the United States’ Navy) Alreacy in service are: William B. Soldano, firemen 2c; Antonio Soldano, AMM 2c, and Joseph Soldano, MM ‘ic. Vie~ PIII I IIS.) ' _BEST-DRESSED MAN IN WHOLE OCEAN) (By Amnociated @resn) PORTSMOUTH, June 29.— | Men of the British Corvette Aza- iea, busy saving survivors in mid- tlantic, were astonished to see a man climb aboard wearing a spotiess collar, and kid gloves, his. binoculars over his shoulder. | TO oe ea ae, and others damaged. WALLACE TTS AT JONES WASHINGTOF —Vice Presi dent Wallace took @ strarght-trom the-shoulder iab et Secrétary of Commerce Jesse Jones todey. Wreilace msde the eftack «at « hearing of the i<.nt congressional economy commitsee. He accused Jones of actions that were direct iy eqeinst the economy procr=m MARVIN JONES HEADS FDA WASHINGTON.—Marvin Jones today began his duties os succes Sor ef Chester Davis. who resitm ed as head of the Food Distribe tion Administretion. Jones said jhe would devote his fime to e>- | Bencing the production of food and would lec ve the rehoming «nc | Prices of commodities to the OPA. NEW TRIAL GR? "ED CHICAGO. — Federai circuit court of appeals here today cram:- ed 2 mofion for 2 new trial of six persons who had been convicted ‘cf aiding Hans Haupt. one of the try from 2 German submarine and six of whom. including Heupt were electrocuted. The court said the defendants had not been giver a fair trial. WAR CRIME COMMIT TEE WASHINGTON.—Herber: Pell. Speculation Over Tame And Place Has Exemy Powers In Great Di lemma Be Ameena Pome LONDOS. july DAL Ger song spomesmen wer Recs 5<- be eed Bede Some bere = curren:ly telmed ebou: the cre sien cf Europe snd bo Ax aptei wee eget Gat Zero nour Sa Seen se tor soor nex: Seturdey by the Alec Ba fous as 2 pre-Fourth «cf July ceiepratior tor the Umeec Scaces Jucging trom wtar me spoer: mer sed Germany “ac Baiy are well gh = a2 siete of wer over the commac laac ctiemere that the Ales postiee®y will leunch. They ere very couch ke @ man wo cows me = s> mg tc be Bepeet ser Be: yet been tokt the ume ior Tilticenmeanie ae stempis t Ged er eoewer & thet quesues onewe srecuall: Freyec ce the mamas at Germe ac lemme Sl they seme reecvec ¢ steve af sreec Ste epperest co Ge fee cf a men ip the cect os well os Ge men = mitery ite Tae ove son ase t wes seme oul oc up eget fee = Ge susperse over the tame & will de @umctec 3 cow -semrs While Germamy =a s bec © tack st atrers “me creec = Se Damners served foun 65c He was the skipper of a torpedoed former minister to Portusal anc Cvuer £33 AM wt PL merchantman and had [spent seven | hours on a raft. (Continued on Page For~ FN ‘A DEFENSE PROJECT ‘|The privileges of this cafe- teria are extended to the - following: oa of Army and meer. Defense | EMPLOYEES West Naval Station NOTICE Change Of Bus Schedule, Effective July Ist, 1943 ALL DEPARTURES on ewem hour—Every two bours | ———__BUSES LEAVE EEY wEsT——_——_ ‘12:01 AM.— 2:00 AM —400 AM —609 AM 8:00 A.M. — 700 AM — 12-00 M — 2-09 PM | 4:00 P.M. — 6-00 PM. —*-00P M — 19.007 6 | Buses Arrive Key West #0 minutes past the hour, every 2 hours BUS STATION SOUTHARD and BAHAMA STREETS